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On the recordDecember 9, 2014
I further ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the Begich substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the title amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported substitute amendment was withdrawn. The amendment (No. 3981) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE OF ALASKA. Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (18 U.S.C. 2265 note; Public Law 113-4) is repealed. The bill (S. 1474), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time and passed. The title amendment (No. 3982) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To amend the title) Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a special rule for the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.''. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________
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Mark Begich
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